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F.E.GULVBR.

HAND CORN AND SEED PLANTER.

No. 296,733. PatentedvApr. 15, 1.884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

FRANK EUGENE CULVER, OF MECKLENBURG, NEW YORK.

HAND CORN AND SEED PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,733, dated April l5, 1884.

Application led September 7, 1883. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FRANK EUGENE CUL- vER, of Mecklenburg, in the county of Schuyler and State oi' New York, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Hand Corn and Seed Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of an exterior View of my improved hand'- planter. Figs. 2 and 3 are lateral sectional views thereof, showing the working parts in different positions; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details of the same. V y Similar letters refer to similar parts in each figure.

This invention has relation to improvements in hand corn and seed planters; and the nature of the invention consists in the combina tion of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A desi gnates the main board of my improved handplanter, to which is secured a radially-mortised socket, B, Fig. 6, and to the inner side of this is secured a metallic plate, '7a. These together form a tetrad cavity, in which the tenon portion of a plunger, C, lits and reciprooates.

S indicates a reciprocating connection-rod, which is passed through the plunger C to its center and bent upward, one end on each side of a seed-boX,D, which is formed by securing sheet-metal sides lc to the main board A and the front board,E. The U-shaped rod S thus formed works in the eyelet-guides c e, `and to the ends of the rod is attached a handle, C.

Intheplunger Gaseed-cup, i, is formed, with an adjusting-slide, a, that is held in place by the bolt n.

To the lower parts of the socket B and the main board A a metallic point, F, bent up H indicates a reversible eut-oft' block, to

which is secured the rubber K by screws, f

being a plate placed under the rubber.

Abovethe plate c, and between the guides d d, is an open chamber, into which the seed falls in view of the operator after it is drawn from the seedboX inthe cup When the planter is lifted from the ground to advance to the next hill, the plunger, through the medium of the link S, is drawn up, the seed-cup t' fills again, and the charge previously deposited on the plate c falls upon the spring D in the lower part of the chamber, from whence it is deposited in the soil by forcing the plunger down again.

The plate u, attached to the guide-block d, prevents the seed from falling outside the chamber,'and it may be turned to one side, in order to adjust the seedcup t' to drop the de sired amount of seed.

I am aware that, separately considered, in hand-planters vertical plungers are not new, I therefore do not claim this, broadly, but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the socket B, having a mortise with inclined sides through it, the plu nger G, having in its upper portion a tenon, to rit and reciprocate in the mortise, main board A, inclined wedge II, plate h, eyeletguides c e, and the metallic link S, substantially as specied. l

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK EUGENE GULVER.

Witnesses:

HOWARD L. TEEMAN, FRED W. GEEQUE. 

